WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott cheer squad will soar to new heights this football season because of a larger squad and lots of returning veterans.

"We have a lot of athletic girls and a lot of experience," Coach Vickie Hamann said. "The girls are very enthusiastic."

The football cheer squad totals 13 girls this year, nine on varsity and four on junior varsity.

Hamann is taking on her fifth year as coach and says she is thrilled by the larger turnout.

For the football teams, this means more cheerleaders supporting the varsity team at away games, and the junior varsity football team will get...